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“Rare-Earth-Doped Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers, Third Edition, provides an in-depth description of the basic principles, operating characteristics, theoretical models, and current technology of the main fiber…
The Royal Society is a self-governing Fellowship made up of many of the world’s most eminent scientists, engineers, and technologists. Over 90 outstanding researchers from across the world have this year been…
Applied Physics is proud to note that the incoming Directors of the GLAM, Ginzton, and PULSE labs are all connected with AP, either as regular or Courtesy faculty. Click here to read more about the ways these…
The Department of Applied Physics recently selected the recipients of the Karel Urbanek and Marvin Chodorow Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2026–2028. Created to honor the lives and legacies of these leaders in…
Applied Physics Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Tony Heinz was selected as the 2026 recipient of Optica’s Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Prize in February.Recognizing overall distinction in…
We’re excited to announce that the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Biological Physics has awarded the prestigious Early Career Award for Biological Physics to Applied Physics Professor Ben…
Stanford biophysicist Ben Good is exploring changes in the gut microbiome, with the long-term goal of improving health and developing treatments for a range of illnesses.
We’re pleased to announce that Stanford will hold a conference to honor Professor Steve Kivelson and celebrate his 70th birthday. The conference will run from Sunday March 23rd to Tuesday March 25th, on…
The Stanford Department of Applied Physics 2025-26 Karel Urbanek and the Marvin Chodorow Postdoctoral Fellowships is an annual program aimed at recruiting young scientists of exceptional ability with the…
Bloch Postdoctoral Fellowship in Quantum Science and EngineeringNOTE, this round has passed; this page is for informational purposes only. Dates will be adjusted when the next round opens. The…
A summer STEM academic bootcamp for veterans helps pave a path to higher education.
The Warrior-Scholar Project, launched in 2011, aims to remove veterans’ barriers to higher education by introducing…
Stanford Bio-X Seed Grant leads to first new clinical imaging platform in a quarter-century. A clinical imaging system recently designated by the FDA as a “breakthrough device” uses optical and AI technologies…
Professor Benjamin Good was selected as the Alden H. and Winifred Hubbard Brown Faculty Fellow in H&S. Congratulations!
Ian Fisher (Professor of Applied Physics) has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for "distinguished contributions to the field of synthesis of novel materials…
Researchers in Prof. Amir Safavi-Naeini's lab have unveiled a new type of frequency comb, a high-precision measurement device, that is innovatively small, ultra-energy efficient, and exceptionally…
The American Physical Society recognized the SLAC and Stanford physicist for decades of groundbreaking work studying the strange behavior of electrons at the interfaces between materials.
Article by Joe…
Surya Ganguli, associate professor of applied physics and an associate director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, has been named to the 2023 cohort of the Schmidt Science Polymaths Program. With…
Jon Simon, associate professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, was elected as a 2023 American Physical Society Fellow for “significant and pioneering advances in quantum optics and quantum simulation of…
Hideo Mabuchi, practicing artist and professor of applied physics in the School of Humanities and Sciences, is the new Denning Faculty Director of the Stanford Arts Institute (SAI). Parallel with his research…
Two Applied Physics faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Yuri Suzuki (Professor of Applied Physics) and David Goldhaber-Gordon (Professor of…
Image-generating tools like DALL-E are powered by diffusion models, which generate a unique image from a text description starting from static noise. The first diffusion model was invented at…
Associate Professor of Applied Physics, Amir Safavi-Naeini, has been chosen as one of the new 2022 Moore Inventor Fellows.
From the Moore Foundation:
Today, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation…
Course encourages students to look at art through the lens of science and quantitative reasoning.
By Taylor Kubota
An interdisciplinary course combining art, archaeology, and physics encourages students to…
Two Applied Physics faculty named Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows. Mark Schnitzer (Professor of Applied Physics) and Jelena Vučković (Professor of Applied Physics, by courtesy) are among the nine scientists…
By bringing the benefits of mechanical devices into the quantum realm, Stanford researchers aim to create advanced computing and sensing devices.
BY ADAM HADHAZY
Stanford University researchers have…